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Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by 866-RON-0-FEZ »

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs wrote: post #49
866-RON-0-FEZ wrote: post #36

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Your "evidence" for him to reconsider is a sandbox "bypass" that requires you to be root to set up the environment? For my next trick I will demonstrate how to break into my own house to open the blinds by using my keys. Security researcher theatrics will never not be funny.

>Your "evidence" for him to reconsider is a sandbox "bypass" that requires you to be root to set up the environment Can you help figure out where does it say unveil does not really work when root is involved?

You left a snarky comment, then paraded around a positively lame example as some sort of trophy.

Here's what I can figure out: you need root to set up the environment just so. It's a don't-care. The end.

Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by boomboomsubban »

mghackerlady wrote: post #22
Guestmodinfo wrote: post #12

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Yes free from American restrictions. Because America law prohibits from giving out cryptography to outside countries so according to OpenBSD we outsiders have no luck in getting a cryptographically secure operating system except for OpenBSD

That isn't a thing anymore iirc

If I remember, it's still illegal to export to "rogue states," Iran and North Korea being the major two, and terrorist organizations. But I don't think anybody has been charged for it and there's reason to suspect it wouldn't hold up given the pgp ruling.

Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by mghackerlady »

thfuran wrote: post #33
mghackerlady wrote: post #22

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That isn't a thing anymore iirc

I think that pretty much ended in the 90s.

early 2000s so close enough. I know this because for a while, WEP was intentionally crippled in the US for a while because of the archaic encryption laws

Sidenote, does anyone remember a "click here to become an international arms dealer" esque site as a protest of our encryption laws or did I make that up. I swear I heard that somewhere

Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by wang_li »

nelsonic wrote: post #37
mxuribe wrote: post #30

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Have you tried such Openbsd installations vs FreeBSD? I forget the differences between OpenBSD and FreeBSD, so forgive the naivety. (I think NetBSD is more for embedded stuff, and Ghost and Dragonfly are more for conventional desktop use-cases if i recall correctly.) I'm asking because i have not touched any BSD for over 2 decades...and I'm getting the itch to try some out...and was wondering if for server-type use c…

FreeBSD has the same roots as OpenBSD but the former has a “compatibility” focus whereas the latter has the security focus. Having a background in security, the choice was obvious for me. But each person/org should decide based on their needs. Haven’t had any issues running it on all major hardware (Dell, HP, Lenovo, Apple, etc) the UI isn’t as pretty as macOS on Desktop, but it runs Firefox & Chrome, etc. so you can…

There was FreeBSD and NetBSD. NetBSD supporting many platforms while FreeBSD supported just x86. There was some contention between NetBSD developers and Theo and crew left to create OpenBSD. They all more or less have common ancestry being derivatives of 386BSD.

Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by rootnod3 »

clbrmbr wrote: post #10

Anyone here using OpenBSD? If so, for what purpose? I’ve always wanted to use NetBSD for an application for an embedded system / IoT device but never had the pleasure (yet!).

I use it for my mailserver (thank you openbsd.amsterdam), for the gateway in my homelab, a dedicated OpenBSD VMD machine in my homelab, and on personal machines (Macbook Air M2, a Thinkpad X220 and on a T480 that dualboots OpenBSD/FreeBSD).

For mailserver I think it is the best option. And for Gateway, PF is just wonderful.

But even on my laptops I enjoy it. It is rock solid, and I have pretty much no complaints.

Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by black_knight »

clbrmbr wrote: post #10

Anyone here using OpenBSD? If so, for what purpose? I’ve always wanted to use NetBSD for an application for an embedded system / IoT device but never had the pleasure (yet!).

I use OpenBSD for my home server. Runs everything from httpd to a Minecraft server.

Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by mxuribe »

nelsonic wrote: post #37
mxuribe wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried such Openbsd installations vs FreeBSD? I forget the differences between OpenBSD and FreeBSD, so forgive the naivety. (I think NetBSD is more for embedded stuff, and Ghost and Dragonfly are more for conventional desktop use-cases if i recall correctly.) I'm asking because i have not touched any BSD for over 2 decades...and I'm getting the itch to try some out...and was wondering if for server-type use c…

FreeBSD has the same roots as OpenBSD but the former has a “compatibility” focus whereas the latter has the security focus. Having a background in security, the choice was obvious for me. But each person/org should decide based on their needs. Haven’t had any issues running it on all major hardware (Dell, HP, Lenovo, Apple, etc) the UI isn’t as pretty as macOS on Desktop, but it runs Firefox & Chrome, etc. so you can…

Yeah, thanks that helps! Its the old convenience vs security balancing act :-)

Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by ptidhomme »

seethishat wrote: post #42
clbrmbr wrote: post #10

Anyone here using OpenBSD? If so, for what purpose? I’ve always wanted to use NetBSD for an application for an embedded system / IoT device but never had the pleasure (yet!).

I run it. Home firewall, office desktops and laptops. It's pretty stable and I'm fairly familiar with it. Really simple if you know Unix. I hope it never goes away, not sure what I would replace it with. Linux is so complicated now, it's just too much for me to deal with

Yeah, I also use it because it is fairly low maintenance. There's the sysupgrade every 6-month, but it goes smoothly every time.

Re: OpenBSD 7.9

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Post by skydhash »

CodeCompost wrote: post #51
seethishat wrote: post #42

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I run it. Home firewall, office desktops and laptops. It's pretty stable and I'm fairly familiar with it. Really simple if you know Unix. I hope it never goes away, not sure what I would replace it with. Linux is so complicated now, it's just too much for me to deal with

What software do you run on your desktops and laptops?

Not GP, but I mostly use: Firefox; Emacs; MPV; Keepass; calibre; xfe; mupdf;... Then a bunch of cli tools. There's a lot in base, so cli are mostly extra utilities like cmus, git, tig, ncdu,...
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